Window-shade cabinet.



PATEN-IED MAR. 22, 19104.

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APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 29, 1903 N0 MODEL.-

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WINDOW-SHADE CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 755,017, dated March22, 1904. Application tiled September 29, 1903. Serial No. 175,072. (Nomodel.)

T all whom, it may concern:

Be itknown thatI, ALBERT E. KRE'rsCHMER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lebanon, in the county of Smith and State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Window-Shade Cabinets,of which the following is a specification.

This invention provides a novel form of cabinet of special construction,so as to be particularly adapted for holding window-` shades.

rl`he cabinet comprises a plurality of compartments adaptedto contain anumber of shades of like design. Each compartment is provided with adoor to which is secured a single shade, which is adapted to bedisplayed upon opening of the door to those who are desirous ofselecting a certain design of shade.

The special advantage found in the use of the cabinet as embodied in myinvention is in the provision of separate compartments to receive thedifferent designs of shades. The construction of the compartment:facilitates the selection of a shade of suitable design by a purchaser,and owing to the fact that the compartments are utilized to store anumber of-shades of the design of the one carried by the door of eachcompartment it will be readily seen that when a certain number of shadesare sold they may be quickly secured without the delay occasioned by themixing of shades of different designs.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means foreffecting theA result reference is to be had to the followingdescription and drawings hereto attached.

Vhile the essential and characteristic features of the invention aresusceptible of modiication, still the preferred embodiment of theinvention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- VFigure l is a perspective View of a cabinet embodying the invention,showing the door of one of the compartments open. Fig. 2 is a Verticalsectional View through a cabinet.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in both views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The cabinet, as before mentioned, consists of a plurality ofcompartments, the number of which may be varied according to the numberof designs of shades which itis desired to place within the cabinet.rlhe compartments are designated l in the drawings, the sides 2 of thecabinet closing the ends of the compartments, as will be readily seen.that the cabinet be of any ornamental appearance, this depending on thedesires of the manufacturer, and as far as the utility of the inventionis concerned the same may be constructed in different styles. The frontof each compartment is closed by arigid section 3, which extendspartially the height of the compartment. are hingedly secured to therigid sections 3, and each of the said doors is provided upon its innersides with supporting-brackets 5, in which the shades 6 are mounted. Theshades secured in the brackets 5 are the sample shades to be unrolledupon opening of the door of the compartment to display the design of theshade to a prospective purchaser. Held within the compartment by therigid section -thereof is the stock of shades, which may be as large aslimited only by the size of the compartment. The shades within thecompartment will of course be of the design of the sample shade carriedby the brackets from the inner sides of the door of the compartment. i

- Any suitable means may be used for locking the doors 4r in closedposition, the common form of latch 7 being illustrated.

It is contemplated that each compartment be provided with indicatingmeans, such as a card or the like, by which the dierent styles of shadesmay be designated.

The drawers lO at the lower portion of the cabinet are designed toreceive the fixtures for hanging the shades, and the drawer 1l receivesthe sticks to be placed at the lower ,ends of the shades when hung.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- Itisdesigned The doorsli of the compartments l. A cabinet comprising aplurality of comi partments, rigid confining-sections partially closingthe fronts or' the respective compartments, doors hingedly secured so asto completely close the fronts of the compartments, andsupporting-brackets carried by the said doors for holding shades.

2. A cabinet `for window-shades comprising a plurality of compartments,rigid conningsections partially closing the fronts of the respectivecompartments, doors hingedly secured to the confining-sections, andsupporting-brackets disposed upon the inner sides of the doors.

3. In a cabinet, the combination with a plurality of, compartments,rigid cnning-sec- I tions partially closing tlie fronts of therespective compartments, doors hingedly secured to theconfining-sections adapted to swing downwardl),T when opened,shade-supporting brackets disposed upon the inner sides 2 of the doors,and means for securing the doors in closed position.

In testimony whereof I aHiX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ALBERT E. KRETSCHMER. IL. SJ Witnesses: l

E. T. DERGE,

C. W. LEONARD.

